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Enraged crowd lynches two policemen for fatally crushing three in Edo

Two mobile police officers who worked for a former member of the Edo State House of Assembly have been reportedly lynched by an...

Poor power supply: FG summons Abuja, Ibadan distribution companies

The Minister of Power, Dr. Adebayo Adelabu, has summoned the chief executives of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company and the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company...

NLC, TUC to Pres.Tinubu: We are no politicians, but unionists

The nation’s organized labour under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has reacted to President...

Blackout in California as the biggest snowstorm of the season hits the city 

A blackout in California occurred after a powerful snowstorm raged overnight into Saturday in the Sierra Nevada as the biggest storm of the...

CBN revokes licences of 4,173 BDC operators

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CB) has taken decisive action by revoking the operational licences of 4,173 Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators, citing...

Forex crisis: FG slams $10bln fine on Binance

The Federal Government has fined a crypto trading platform, Binance, $10 billion over allegations of influencing the country’s forex crisis. The Special Adviser...

CBN to sell N1.64trn Treasury bills in Q2 2024

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will sell Treasury bills (TBs) worth N1.64 trillion for the second quarter of 2024...

African Games 2023: Sports Minister to Team Nigeria: Shatter the Records

With less than eight days to the African Games 2023, Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Enoh, has charged Team Nigeria athletes...

Developing law enforcement standards, policing in Nigeria on course, says Police I-G Egbetokun

The Inspector-General of Police, Dr. Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has said the mission to reshape and further develop the standard of law enforcement and...

Prof. Soyinka, at Punch’s 50th anniversary, canvasses Nigeria’s decentralisation

Prof. Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, said on Thursday that the decentralization of the country was imperative for citizens to have a new...

We committed $600m to health in Nigeria in 2023, says U.S. Govt.

The United States Government has disclosed that it has committed $20 billion to various health programs in Africa. The U.S. government further revealed...

Nigeria lacks sufficient reserves to tackle FX demands, backlog in the market, says expert

An economist, Mr. Esili Eigbe, has said Nigeria lacked sufficient reserves to tackle the demands for foreign exchange and the backlog in the...

NNPCL advocates “War Room” to tackle challenges faced by independent producers

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has called for a stronger partnership among upstream operators, especially independent producers, to find solutions to...

NLC protests: Tinubu spanks labour, urges a breather for his 9-month-old govt

The organized labour under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has received a warning from President Bola Tinubu to uphold peace...

Pogba handed four-year ban for doping

Juventus’ star midfielder, Paul Pogba, has been handed a hefty four-year ban from professional football by Italy’s anti-doping tribunal. The decision comes in...

Cristiano Ronaldo suspended over alleged offensive gesture in Saudi League game

Saudi Arabia’s football governing body has suspended Cristiano Ronaldo for one game over a gesture he made on the pitch last weekend that...